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Issue 2 Third Quarter, 2011
Meet your 2011 Executive Board !
President, Wanda Anesh
Vice President, Steven Wieber
Secretary, Renee Pryor
Treasurer, John Kuechle
Membership Chair, Sharon Hyland-Elstein
Book Sale Chair, Wayne Pulliam
Program Co-Chairs,
Nancy Kuechle
Elaine Hirohama
Publication Chair,
Aileen Zeidman
Inside this issue: Page
Friends Events 1
Meet your new board! 1
Volunteers 2
Book bin drop-off 2
Business Partners 2
Alice Movie Night 2
There’s Always time for Tea! 3
President’s Message 3
2nd Qtr highlights 4
County Library Events 5
Membership Form 6
Culver City Friends of the Julian
Dixon Library Newsletter
2011 Upcoming Friends Events
Join the Friends in any or all of these exciting, free events. Friends of the Library Storytimes
are 1st Tuesdays of the month.
Join Nancy and friends for Thursday Knitting Club 2:45-4:15
Aug 27, 28: Fiesta La Ballona Book Sale, Volunteers needed!
September 6, Storytime and Arts and Crafts Project, 7pm
Sept 17: Miniature Dollhouse Demo with Bobbi Abood!
Oct 4: Storytime with Farragut Principal Lynn Ebora. Arts and Crafts Project to follow, 7pm
Nov 1: Storytime and Arts and Crafts Project, 7pm
Dec 3: Quarterly Book Sale and Holiday Craft Fair, Volunteers needed!
Dec ??: Snowless Snow Party (Save the date!). Volun-teers needed!
Join us at the Fiesta! Volunteers wanted! Come join us for a fun-filled weekend. Setup, sell,
sort, stack and meet some new Friends of the Library !
Email Wanda at [email protected] to volunteer. Look for our booth! Most book $.50-1.00. See
you there! Dates Aug 27-28
Fourth Quarter Highlights
Issue 3
Page 2
Friends of the Library Business Partners Being a member of the Friends of the Library
has its perks! Use your Membership Card to get great discounts at the following local businesses:
Avon Independent Sales Rep.
AVON...Brooke Powell (310) 836-0003
www.youravon.com/brookepowell
10% discount on orders over $25.00 placed di-rectly with representative, or online using the
personal delivery option. 10%, excluding sales tax, will also be donated to the Friends. (May
not be combined with any other offer.)
Batteries Plus in Culver City
10% Discount off regularly priced merchandise
Szechuan Restaurant in Marina Del Rey
10% Discount on food purchases
(not valid with coupons, on deliveries, or on spe-cials)
San Gennaro Café in Brentwood
Buy one entrée, receive the second entrée of equal or lesser value FREE. Maximum value
$12. Valid Sunday - Thursday only.
Not valid holidays or with any other offer.
Note: You must renew your dues to receive your Membership Card! All memberships ex-
pire in December annually.
Partner with the Friends! Tea Party and Free Movie
night at the Library
Thank you “Alice”~Emma Dezarn and “Rabbit “ Paige Rothfarb for helping to host
our event and special thanks to face painter Belinda! Check out ccfol.org to see all of our special guests who came in
costume.
Library hours:
Sun, Mon closed
Tues 10-8
Wed 10-8
Thu 10-8
Friday 8-6
Thank you to our Vol-
unteers at our May
Book Sale !
Marsha Orth
Michael Orth
Judith Detamore
Gliezel Vincecruz
Van Tutwiler
Barry Moskowitz
Maria Nava
Red Stephan
Bandini Patel
Erik Alas
Roni Lopez
Nicole Shin
Reshma Varghese
Michelle Kong
Radika Kumari
Sharon Hyland-Elstein
Kaila Williams
Jule Hachigian
John Crumblish
Roshem V
There’s Always Time for Tea !
David DeCandia was the speaker at our recent Saturday event. David is the current Master Tea Blender for Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf. His travels have taken him to Sri Lanka, India, China and many other countries. Few people drink more than his 15 cups of tea per day and he states it keeps him focused all day. The best tea pickers on the estates are 5 feet tall where the tea leaves are picked, so Elaine and Aileen just may have a future career! David has traveled the globe to find the best teas. He adds a little sugar to his teas. He prefers plain old white sugar, not blue, pink, or yel-low. If you ask him who he works for, he just might answer, Tea Leaf and Coffee Bean. Attendees received free samples of 10 different tea flavors.
What's the best way to steep our whole leaf tea? Start with fresh, cold water, either bottled or filtered. Bring the water to a boil and remove from heat. Then add one teaspoon of tea leaves per 8-oz cup of water into a teapot or infuser, or, if you’re using tea bags, immerse the tea bag directly into a 12-16oz cup. The steeping time depends on the type of tea, so take a look at the guidelines to see how long you should steep your particular tea.
Steeping time
Green Teas…3 minutes
Black Teas…6 minutes
Oolong Teas…6 minutes
Herbal/Fruit Infusions…7 minutes
I like my tea strong! Would steeping it longer make the
tea stronger?
Actually, no. Over-steeping your tea will turn it bitter. For
stronger tea, simply add more tea leaves, or a second tea bag. Why do you insist on our using filtered water for tea? We recommend bottled or filtered water because most of the im-purities have been removed from it, so what you’ll taste is just pure, pristine tea. How can I make a tea latte at home? Pour eight ounces of hot water in a 12-oz cup. Now add your fa-vorite Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® tea sachet or loose leaf tea, and steep the brew according to the directions on the package. After steeping, add 1/3 cup of our French Deluxe™ Vanilla Powder and stir well. For the final delicious touch, top off the tea latte with hot or steamed milk. Enjoy! What's the best way to store tea? To ensure freshness, be sure always to store tea leaves in an air-tight container. It’s best also to store the leaves in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight.
Page 3
President’s Message July 2011
Newsletter
A library is a repository for liter-
ary and artistic materials, such as
books, periodicals, newspapers,
pamphlets and prints, kept for
reading or reference according to
the American Heritage Dictionary.
Author John Grisham said, in a re-
cent interview, that when he was a
child the way his family evaluated a
new town was by the number of
books you could check out from the
library at a single time. Although
many people think of books when
they think about libraries books
are really just one aspect of what a
library is.
I think of local libraries as indica-
tors of the communities of which
they are a part. A caring and in-
volved library will be part of a car-
ing and involved community. The
collection will reflect the interests
and culture of the community which
makes each library unique.
The Culver City Library is a per-
fect example of what I mean. Our
library provides a homework cen-
ter, a children’s librarian who hosts
story times and other special inter-
est activities. Our library hosts
book clubs where people can meet
to discuss various genres which ap-
peal to them. Our library has a col-
lection which matches the culture
of the community. We are fortu-
nate in Culver City to have a won-
derful library with a great staff so
closely aligned with the community.
Wanda
May Storytime with some great Moms: Patti Nachbar, Bobbi Abood, and Anne Malsin
Issue 3
Second Quarter Highlights (more pictures at www.ccfol.org)
Page 4
Storytime with Service Dogs and friends (Melissa Barry and Judy Blake)
TeaTime with Master Brewer David DeCandia
Storytime with El Rincon Principal Reginald Brunson
County Library EventsCounty Library EventsCounty Library EventsCounty Library Events
Page 5
Our Summer Reading Program for
children will kick off on Wednes-
day, June 29th at 2 pm and will
continue every Wednesday at 2 pm
through August 10th (it's possible I
will even end the 3rd). The theme
this year is One World, Many Sto-
ries.
The Kickoff Program (June 29th)
and continuing entertainment for
July and first week of August is the
dramatic storytelling troupe We
Tell Stories performing interactive
story-based plays. "All perform-
ances are made possible in part by
the Culver City Performing Arts
Grant Program with support from
Sony Pictures Entertainment." It is
a requirement of this grant that we
put this quote in any advertising we
do.
We Tell Stories will do 6 (?) per-
formances this summer: June 29,
July 6, 13, 20, 27 and August 3.
While the We Tell Stories plays are
designed for young school age chil-
dren, preschoolers are welcome to
attend and many do. They really
enjoying watching the older chil-
dren perform in the plays. There is
no registration required to attend
these programs. The final party will
either take place on Wednesday,
August 3rd at the last We Tell Sto-
ries performance or there will be a
separate final party on Wednesday
the 10th. The bicycle drawing will
also be that day (see below for in-
formation on the donated bicycle).
Wednesday, June 29th will be the
first day to sign up for the reading-
based portion of the Summer Read-
ing Program and as mentioned
above the theme is One World,
Many Stories. This includes both
children who read and children
who are being read to (younger
children and babies who do not
read yet). There will be two sepa-
rate reading games: a reading game
for the babies, toddlers, and pre-
schoolers and another game for the
elementary school age children.
Children, parents and caregivers
will receive prizes (incentives) for
participating in the games. They do
not have to attend the Wednesday
performance in order to participate
in the reading games and they may
sign up at any time during the sum-
mer, any hours the library is open.
The same applies to collecting their
prizes. The grand prize is a bicycle
donated by the Culver Westside
Dental Group. There will only be
one awarded and only those who
have completed at least one reading
game will be eligible.
Bedtime Storytime will continue all
summer-long, Tuesdays at 7 pm,
for preschool to 8 years old
(though, babies and toddlers are
also welcome). There is no registra-
tion required for this storytime.
Summer Storytime for children 5
years of age and under will be
Wednesdays @ 10 am. There will
be no registration for these pro-
grams. They will begin Wednesday,
July 6th and will continue through
Wednesday, August 10th. [Toddler
and preschool storytime signups
will take place again on Wednes-
day, September 7th at 10 am.]
If people need more information on
my children's programs, including
the titles and dates of the individual
plays, it will be available later on
our website: www.colapublib.org ,
the Culver City website:
www.culvercity.org, the We Tell
Stories website:
www.wetellstories.org, and posted
in the library.
The teens will have their own read-
ing game and I'm not sure yet if
there will be any teen programs
since we have no teen librarian
now. This would have to be verified
with Laura. The theme for teen
summer reading is You Are Here.
The County will again have a re-
gional drawing for a laptop com-
puter and Culver Westside Dental
Group will also donate a great teen
prize this year. It may be a portable
dvd/cd player like last year.
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